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00:00 – Intro
01:19 – How Development Has Changed
02:48 – Implementing Ray Tracing
05:19 – Alan Wake 2 + RT
06:52 – Nvidia & Remedy Partnership
08:57 – Challenges Of Implementing RT
14:20 – Ray Reconstruction Benefits
16:12 – RT/PT Admiration
22:31 – Optimization For Older Hardware
25:24 – Mesh Shaders
28:34 – Is Native Rendering The Past?
31:33 – Dev Questions
33:02 – Storage Requirements
35:51 – Poorly Optimized
39:18 – Alan Wake Barrier Of Entry
41:29 – Options Menu
49:44 – Working As A Team
53:19 – Next Projects